Time on iPhone lock screen faded

If the clock on your Lock Screen appears faded or dim, it may be due to the Low Power Mode being enabled on your iPhone. When Low Power Mode is active, some visual elements, including the Lock Screen clock, are dimmed to conserve battery life. To make the clock brighter on your Lock Screen, you can try the following steps:

1. Disable Low Power Mode: Swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen (or swipe up from the bottom on older iPhone models) to access Control Center. If the battery icon is yellow, it means Low Power Mode is enabled. Tap on the battery icon to disable it. Alternatively, you can go to Settings > Battery and toggle off Low Power Mode.
2. Adjust Display & Brightness settings: Go to Settings on your iPhone and select "Display & Brightness." Ensure that the brightness level is set appropriately for your preference. You can adjust the slider or enable/disable Auto-Brightness as per your preference. Increasing the brightness can make the clock appear brighter on the Lock Screen.
3. Check Reduce White Point setting: In the same "Display & Brightness" settings, there's an option called "Reduce White Point." If this setting is enabled, it reduces the intensity of bright colors on the screen. Ensure that Reduce White Point is disabled or adjust the intensity to make the clock brighter on the Lock Screen.
4. Restart your iPhone: Sometimes, a simple restart can resolve minor software glitches that might affect the brightness of the clock or other elements on the Lock Screen. Press and hold the power button (or the power button and volume down button together) until the "slide to power off" slider appears. Slide it to power off your device, then press and hold the power button again to turn it back on.

If none of these steps help, it's possible that there may be an underlying issue with your iPhone's software or display settings. In such cases, you may want to consider contacting Apple Support or visiting an authorized service provider for further assistance.

It sounds like the clock widget on the lock screen has gotten changed. See the instructions here:

Change your iPhone Lock Screen - Apple Support

Take special note of this:

Change the style of the time: Tap Customize, tap the time, then select a font, color, and shade by tapping

I pulled down the menu in the upper right hand corner pushed up the volume and brightness to maximum levels, turned my phone off then turned it back on-problem solved.

The time on my Lock Screen faded and I tried everything suggested but nothing worked to fix it. Then I had the idea of pulling down from the top right corner where I control that sort of thing. I pulled down the brightness as much as possible, closed the screen. Went back up and pulled it down again and turned up the brightness and this time the clock numbers became white again.

Hard reset worked for me. Volume up volume down then power button until the apple logo comes up.

I fixed this issue by resetting the settings on my phone. Don’t know how long it will work plus it’s a pain to have to redo some things like Face ID but my time is no longer faded out.

Simple restart of iPhone fixed this for me

I just powered the phone off and back on, and it reset to where I could read the clock numbers again!

For some reason, my phone glitched out a few times saying suck on the camera button and then until I turned it off it kept fading the time out and then until I just shut it off and did that again it showed the brightness level back again for some reason you need to keep turning on and off your phone and not go through your settings

Yes! Finally. I only maxed the brightness, restart the phone and it’s back.

Hey, you could try force restarting your iPhone if its a software bug or customize your lock screen settings to make the clock brighter. For step-by-step instructions, take a look at this guide on fixing dim/faded date and time on the iPhone lock screen. Hope if this can help..!

Helo can you help me because my lock screen clock is faded too, i cant fix it

Sounds like a lot less trouble doing it this way. Thanks.

This worked for me. Thank you.

It sounds like the clock widget on the lock screen has gotten changed.